The man with burns on one side of his face was Elias, Twilight's boss for the capital. He often came to the Crimson Bar to meet his clients.His meeting with Cassian was not planned. Since the bounty was publicized, he found out about Cassian because Max's picture was also circulating.However, no one dared to hunt Max down since he was Twilight's boss at the Lumithorn branch. The bounty hunters were obviously after Cassian, which caused him to flee to the capital."I thought that Cassian was strong enough to offend Peter. But he looks like an ordinary person who would run away at the sight of me," Elias muttered in disappointment.He had no idea what was happening in Lumithorn since Max had kept it a secret. The news that Lieutenant Asher had gone there had been rumored for a long time.Unfortunately, Max chose to keep his mouth shut. Elias was even more curious because Max ruined Peter's wedding party with a strange man named Cassian."What is Max really thinking? I'm sure he wouldn

The Crimson was an elite bar, so the customers here were wealthy or at least had enough money in their savings.Everyone must know Emberlight, who ran a big manufacturing business. Zeke seemed to be from out of town, so he was unfamiliar with the wealthy families in the capital."Stop being so arrogant. That guy in front of you is no match for you," the female bartender whispered to Zeke out of pity.Although Zeke had spent thousands of dollars on drinks, the bartender was sure he'd spent his savings to impress his two friends.If Zeke was wealthy, he would have rented a VIP room like Silas always did. His choice of a bar counter was indicative of his financial situation."How can you conclude that this jerk is stronger than me?" Zeke retorted with an annoyed eyeball roll.The bartender was surprised to see Zeke maintain his haughty manner. "Are you from out of town? Emberlight is an influential family here. You have to respect the social hierarchy of the rich to survive.""Thanks to

Blood flowed from the deep wound, and the man screamed in pain as he fell to the floor. Seeing that Elara had taken down one person, the other men immediately prepared to enter the fight.Zeke stepped forward. With full force, he swung his fists at several men who tried to attack him. His punches struck his opponents with enough power to shake the walls, and the burly men were thrown onto the table, which shattered under their bodies.He did not give his opponents a chance to get up. He leaped into the air, kicking another man who tried to get close to him. His kick slammed into his opponent's face, sending him crashing to the floor.Elara, on the other hand, continued to use the shard bottle. She dodged an attack from a man wielding an iron rod, jumped to the side, and reacted swiftly by slicing her opponent's wrist. The opponent stumbled and whimpered in pain.Tables and chairs were scattered all over the bar. Loud banging sounds and screams of pain accompanied each of Zeke and Elar

Silas forgot about the pain in his ears because he had a bad feeling. Instead of being mesmerized by Zeke's laughter, he felt uncomfortable, as if the apocalypse was about to happen right then and there."Allow me to introduce myself formally. I am Zeke of the Hawthorne family!" Zeke declared, rolling up his shirt sleeve to show off a silver bracelet.The bracelet featured an engraving of a hawthorn tree surrounded by thorns and white flowers. Instantly, everyone recognized the engraving on the bracelet as the Hawthorne family crest.Although Emberlight was tier one, it could not compare to Hawthorne, which had always been the highest-ranked family.Some families that had been hit tier one level sometimes went bankrupt and fell in the rankings. Even Emberlight experienced this when the crisis occurred.However, Hawthorne had stood strong in all situations. The family had always managed to make business fit when the crisis hit. As a result, Hawthorne never went bankrupt despite the dif

Vance staggered back as Cassian approached him. He was one of the people who had bothered Cassian before he was promoted.There were times when Cassian was just a rookie soldier. It was widely known that seniority played a significant role in the military.People in higher positions often bullied rookies. There was nothing special about Cassian except that he had entered on Major Sawyer's recommendation.Cassian performed like an average person until he surprised everyone when he was promoted to second lieutenant. On a quiet night, he defeated everyone in the top ten rank."I've made a mistake. Please forgive me," Vance pleaded, recalling his bad memories with Cassian.On the night referred to as the 'night of reckoning,' Vance was one of the people brutally beaten by Cassian. But that was not what traumatized him. It was the brutal way Cassian mercilessly beat the others.After that night, Cassian declared he would change Weltaria's garbage military system. Although it was successful